Whales being fatally struck at higher rates than normal: NOAA
Source: Associated Press
Whales being fatally struck at higher rates than normal: NOAA
By Associated Press
May 23, 2014 | 10:10pm
A cruise ship heading for New York this month struck and killed a whale and dragged it into the Hudson River, part of a higher-than-usual rate of strikes along the Eastern Seaboard for this time of year, a federal agency said.
There were three recent whale strikes recently, including one in which a cruise ship hit a sei whale and did not discover it until it reached port, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
In a similar case, a sei whale was found dead and attached to a container ship that was docking near Philadelphia, NOAA said.
The whales may be following food sources closer to shore, NOAA said. An increased food supply has recently been cited for a large increase in the number of humpback whales off Massachusetts.
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thousands of lobster traps et all = killing off whales faster than they can have their 1 calf every year or so.
whales to hear the hazards, so as they come closer to shore they don't pick up on the ships quickly enough to evade them.
Sad as the story is, the caption on the picture made me LOL: "NYPD Harbor Patrol tows the whale to the New Jersey side of the harbor." Eh, we'll just dump it in Jersey; maybe no one will notice. 
(Probably see a follow-up tomorrow: NJ harbor patrol tows dead whale back to NYC side of the harbor...)
